Self inflicted deadline

[Tombenoly]

Is driving me nuts - the self inflicted deadline. I wanted to graduate before my 50 th b day at end of June. If I ran mon wed and fri it could be done- just. Now I missed yesterday due to being just too busy and my knee continuing to hurt and I m feeling really cross and unable to run at all!!!

[secan Graduate]

Your 50th birthday is a "fictitious" deadline. You'll keep running after it, won't you? Therefore what's difference if you complete the programme before or after it?

Take your time and look after your knee.

[dddd4 Graduate]

Don't worry about your deadline because life goes on after 50! I turned 50 this year and decided enough was enough now time to get fit and hopefully lose some inches too. I expect your deadline was a way to motivate yourself at the beginning but you are doing this now and you don't need that deadline any more. You are on your way to being a runner. You will be a runner and 50 not a runner before you were 50. Stick with the programme it seems to work. Have a great birthday when it comes.

[Hidden]

Looking after yourself and your knee is the important thing right now, rest and recovery is a must to ensure you can run beyond your birthday deadline and be injury free.

Yes it will bed disappointing but you will live to run another day and more,

I hope your knee recovers soon for you ☺

[Sandraj39 Graduate]

I agree about the deadline - unfortunately bad runs happen, as do injuries. Taking up running is a change for life,if that's what you want it to be. Unfortunately that means sometimes being unwell and occasionally sitting it out on the injury couch. Above all, it means listening to your body! I sustained an injury (at work) at week 8 of the programme and could not run for 10/11 weeks. 😩 I then had to start from scratch (with a couple of false starts too!) It was so frustrating when I had got so near, but here I am (51yrs) running regular runs of 10k + and now training for a 10 mile event later in the year. Age is no barrier, you will get there (safely hopefully) and it will feel fab when you graduate I promise! Good luck🙂

[runswithdogs Graduate]

Don't worry about your deadline. Why don't you treat yourself instead to a scenic birthday run somewhere new?

[Spongecake7 Graduate]

The end of half term is nigh - and life will be normal crazy rather than stupid crazy.

I'm still feeling cheesed off about my toe. I'd like to say we can both complete w6r3 next week so here's hoping! X

[Hidden]

Yes, I know how you feel. I had planned my graduation for Friday and visualised myself achieving my goal, but my Wed run was not so good so had to move my goal to this coming Monday, but on the great scale of things a few days don't make a difference. Its how you feel when you achieve your goals that make the difference and each time you run you are achieving, so listen to what everyone says and don't beat yourself up, be positive and make your 50th year the best yet!

[mfamilias Graduate]

It's all been said: better to wait and get it done than try to force your body to do something it can't keep up with, and end up wishing you'd taken a few days off... Hang around here and soak up running vibes until you feel better.

[harveyemm Graduate]

I understand about the deadline---my 60 th birthday is coming up and I had lots of things that were to be achieved by then. Decorate the whole house--achieve this and that fitness goal--be a perfect weight and do all sorts of other interesting things. However life gets in the way and all the perfect goals I planned for myself probably won't be met in time.

Its good to have a goal for motivation but it is also good to adapt goals to what happens along the way.

If you do not meet your goal by your deadline--you will still be a winner because you are doing and following through a running program. That's the achievement to celebrate on your birthday whether it is week 3 or week 9 of the program.

Running like life is a path to follow with twists and turns.

good luck with your running and well done.